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The scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia correlates with dysarthria assessment in Friedreich's ataxia

✍ Scribed by Andreas Eigentler; Johanna Rhomberg; Wolfgang Nachbauer; Irmgard Ritzer; Werner Poewe; Sylvia Boesch

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 456 KB
Volume: 259
Category: Article
ISSN: 0340-5354
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6192-9

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